Economic Growth Vulnerability Amid the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Systematic Review of Different Sectors of Pakistan

ABSTRACT

This research investigates how the economy of Pakistan, education system and poverty line got influenced by seventh member of coronaviruses family (COVID-19) which formed another clade within the subgenus sarbecovirus, Orthocoronavirinae subfamily and different from MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV. This global epidemic not only destroys the comprehensive system of developing countries but also it became a formidable challenge for developed countries to manage it and reduces the sudden impacts of it. Being a developing country, Pakistan also faced the increasing demand for surgical masks, ventilators and other health care instruments with a lockdown in the country. Lockdown contributes to economic deterioration and increase in poverty. Pakistan initiated new prevention strategy;called smart and micro-lockdown to avoid the rapid increase in COVID patients, death toll, poverty, economic decay and dynamically response system to open the business in the country with flexible and sprightly operations. The controllability of government on population, online education system with better cyber-management, strict social distancing at workplaces, testing and tracing policy for workers, quick informative strategy about new patient, medication and health promotion policies are the only solution of this epidemic COVID-19 until the vaccine is not produced or confirmed by World Health Organization (WHO). These steps can reduce the negative impact on economy, education system and rapid growth of poverty in Pakistan.